I was at a Ruf lecture, and she noticed that on achievement tests some of the scores reflect FOK that a child can pick up on their own, and some reflect skill that just have to be taught... she pointed out that on the FOK subtest, the scores of gifted children go up during the summer, when they have more time to read what they choose, while of course for ND kids a the achievement test type scores go down over the summer. So I wouldn't be at all suprised that your DS is learning more when he isn't wasting his time with school, kimck. Depending on the age, a child might learn more in 30 minutes than they learn from a day of school.
Although a school that isn't totally toxic can have wonderful benifits as well.
Grimity
